photos on quilts
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I would like to make a square for our breast cancer quilt in memory of my Mother. It can only be an 8" square. I thought of a cabbage rose with her photo in the middle. Does anyone know how to make photos on quilts?
8" cabbage rose square
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You can buy paper backed fabric sheets that you put in the printer. After printing, you peel the paper off and treat the photo like any other piece of fabric. I get mine online through Dick Blick Art Supplies. You can get them in most quilt shops or Joann's, but they are more expensive that way. I paste my pictures into PowerPoint and fit as many as I can on a page, then do a test page on regular paper first.
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Originally Posted by katier825
You can buy paper backed fabric sheets that you put in the printer. After printing, you peel the paper off and treat the photo like any other piece of fabric. I get mine online through Dick Blick Art Supplies. You can get them in most quilt shops or Joann's, but they are more expensive that way. I paste my pictures into PowerPoint and fit as many as I can on a page, then do a test page on regular paper first.
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Originally Posted by QuiltingGrannie
Originally Posted by katier825
You can buy paper backed fabric sheets that you put in the printer. After printing, you peel the paper off and treat the photo like any other piece of fabric. I get mine online through Dick Blick Art Supplies. You can get them in most quilt shops or Joann's, but they are more expensive that way. I paste my pictures into PowerPoint and fit as many as I can on a page, then do a test page on regular paper first.
http://www.dickblick.com/products/ja...et-fabric-kit/
A sample of one I made
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i have made 3 quilts with pictures on them and i found what works best for a good clear picture was the timeless treasure sew on paper from jo anns also i tried my HP printer and the ink in it doesnt look as good then i tried my epson printer and it does a good picture that looks truer to the color also after i printed the picture and took the paper off the back i let the picture dry for about 1/2 hour and soaked the fabric with the picture on it in some cold water and bubble jet rinse layed them out to dry on a towel and then after they were dry i pressed themand they looked just like the photo!!
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